reading
noun
the action or practice of a person who reads.
readings
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pluralof reading.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some critics think a 2024 move from phone-based to online surveys by Michigan might have distorted its sentiment readings, for example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Instead, testing was carried out while berthed in Brodick, which found the engines seemed to work satisfactorily on gas, albeit with some abnormal gas flow readings.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Vigorous movement shifts the hardware, allowing ambient light to disrupt readings, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The system then checks those readings for errors and combines them into a single package.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Northern California, as Wells said, was where 700 and 800 people first began showing up at her readings.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
